Using the Set-up Menu (Cont’d)

Customizing the camera

1) The shooting and flash mode settings (see page 38-39) assigned to each

￿and ￿ can be set to on or off respectively.

*You cannot set all settings to off. If you try to turn all settings to off, the camera automatically turns “ON” the “AUTO” setting in the flash and shooting modes.

2)You may assign part of the exposure-adjustment to ￿, and part of white balance switch function to ￿.

Setting the exposure compensation to “ON”

If ￿ button is pressed when taking a photograph, the exposure correction adjustment bar will be displayed. Exposure can be corrected with ￿ or ￿ button. Press ￿ button again to make settings effective. Exposure compensation can be corrected in the range of ± 0.6 EV in 0.3 EV steps. The compensation setting can be corrected in the range of ± 1.5 EV by combining with “EXPOSURE” in the REC menu.

When the compensation setting of REC Menu (p.51) is + 0.9 EV, you can adjust compensation between + 0.3 EV and + 1.5 EV.

Setting the white balance switch function to “ON”

You can select the white balance mode by pressing ￿. Each time you press ￿, the mode alters, and the selected mode is displayed on the LCD monitor. For information on displayed icons and white balance modes, see page 53.

3)You can engage AF/AE lock function in this feature.

Setting the AF-Lock to “ON”

If you press ￿ while activating focus lock (pressing the shutter button half-way on page 34), the focus setting locks and the AF-lock icon appears on the LCD monitor. The setting becomes effective even after you take a shot.

*To cancel the AF-lock, turn the camera’s power OFF or press the Zoom, MENU/ SET, ￿, or PLAY button.

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